I think the "old" issue that Muppet 3D has/had is that 3D is ubiquitous now.
It’s Disney’s responsibility to make the park a place in which we can “forget our troubles,” not the guest’s.
You’d run a very efficient Six Flags.
This is why Disney's recent trend of removing classic attractions and replacing them with the current most popular thing worries me. The more they continue to focus on this trend the more I feel the parks will lose their identity and appeal.
Eh, pandering to nostalgia is a big part of the problem. In isolation, replacing just about anything is fine. Also in isolation, using Disney IP in a lot of places is fine, whether to appeal to nostalgic memories or showcase hot properties. What is problematic is when that becomes the sole goal, elevated above thematic integrity. Shoehorning in properties like Cars and Moana are definitely the most obvious resultant problems, but overindexing on nostalgia is detrimental too because it tends to become self-referential to such a degree that it’s more or less a fourth wall-breaking caricature of what someone thinks older Imagineers might have done even when IP isn’t involved.
Legitimately wondering what you don’t like about rise.
Eh, disagree. It feels pretty right-sized for World Showcase and doesn't feel "aged" to me compared to its WDW contemporaries. It's just on a different scale, even if it was designed as something more high-profile for Paris.
Princesses get a pass because they make that sweet sweet merchandise money!
One has aged well. The other by almost all accounts hasn’t
There are four BatB attractions...
That too. Honestly Hollywood Studios has 3 shows (well the mermaid one hasn’t opened yet) that could be replaced by IPs that don’t have rides already.
Very true! I said this in another thread on the topic of live action remakes and I think it applies here:
They’re focusing on short term attendance and profits boosts instead of long term projects meant to be timeless and last decades. Imagine if Disney always cycled in the newest movie of theirs- the parks would just be a revolving door of brand advertising. No one would be attached to anything because it wouldn’t be timeless nor would it last. You don’t get legendary attractions like Pirates, Hanuted Mansion, or the Country Bears by only focusing on what’s currently popular. You have to take risks on new ideas or use proven winners (like The Lion King) that are timeless. Encanto might be popular now (and it’s already not as popular as it was in 2021) but in 10 years will people love it like they do the Renaissance films or even the Golden/Silver age films that have proven to have lasting popularity?
In fairness, a big reason why people love those older films is the promotion by Disney. Movies like Pinocchio or Alice in Wonderland only became classics because of Disney insisting that they were. They rereleased them in theaters and home video. They were given attractions at Disneyland and those characters were featured in parades and meet & greets. Jiminy Cricket and Tinkerbell especially became synonymous with the Disney brand because Walt chose to leverage them.
But Disney to a large extent IS about nostalgia.
Yes, there's a reason.